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it's a disturbing crime on a college campus. what we've learned about an attack inside a student's dorm room. good evening, i'm ken wayne. frank somerville is off tonight. >> a student was sexually assaulted in her dorm room. eric rasmussen is live at the campus with what he's learned about the investigation and a search for a suspect. >> reporter: investigators say this person is of college age, but not a student here at st.
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mary's. they say they still don't have the details, but say he and the victim actually knew the woman and came back here before the girl was assaulted. >> i guess someone just didn't stop when they should have. >> reporter: she received an email, crime alert from st. mary's late this afternoon. a female student was sexually assaulted in her room in the lower townhouse residence halls earlier saturday morning. >> i don't know the details of how that all happened. i know it was someone she had recently met. >> reporter: investigators say they believe the victim and the suspect came back after meeting in berkely. the suspect is white, about 6'1", with a medium build, blonde hair and blue eyes. school officials were notified about the crime today.
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>> when it does actually get reported, it's a positive thing. >> reporter: gilian cutshaw is the coordinator. police haven't said if the victim was impaired in any way, but cutshaw tells victims to never blame themselves. >> it's not their fault. nothing a person can say, or do or wear can take away what is decided to do with their bodies. >> reporter: they say anybody with information about this case should contact muraga police. developing news tonight from southern california where strong winds are fueling a wildfire, burning in ventura county. at least two homes and other structures have already been lost in fillmore.
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at this hour, about 200 residents have been evacuated from 84 homes. people living on the north side of town have been told to gather their valuables and leave. power lines were knocked down by 35 mile-an-hour winds about 4:45 this afternoon. the winds were blowing so hard at first, firefighters focused on evacuations and protecting homes, not battling the flames. so far, that fire has burned about 170 acres. here in the bay area, the national weather service dropped a high wind advisory about two hours ago, but many people are still cleaning up after wind gusts at the coach hit as high as 75 miles per hour. bill martin will tell us about the strongest gusts, but first, debra is live. >> reporter: the gusting winds tonight, leaving a crystal clear view across the bay to
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the city. in some spots, leaving a mess it's it's tree version of survival of the fittest, and when winds hit 60 miles per hour, the weak go down. >> i'm no meteorologist, but it was quite a storm. >> reporter: san francisco park spent the day cleaning up. golfers had to play through new hazards, as courses were littered with limbs. to be expected in city parks. >> over 136,000 trees. this is always a possibility. we're just grateful it happened in the middle of the night. >> reporter: it also stopped blinding sand, settling in big drifts. piling up a few feet deep in some places. >> nature calls. >> reporter: this contractor had to rouse his crew at 1:00 a.m. they spent the day clearing
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sand and put their construction equipment back where it belonged. tossed like toys. >> sunshine, and then we got out of the hotel, and boom. >> reporter: definitely not complaining though, the kite surfers under the golden gate. for them, the wind isn't a hassle, it's uplifting. >> just fly and land. something, yeah, different. yeah, it's freedom. fun. >> reporter: fun for some, but we also talked to a fisherman who stayed put today too windy to go out and fish, and the turbans at chrissy field were turning like crazy. back here live at vista point, you can see the flags on the
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pole still fluttering. reporting live, deb villalon. the winds really did blow hard last night. late last night, early this morning. but as debra points out, the winds have been dropping down. the high recorded number of wind speeds. san francisco, 75 miles per hour. point ray, 62. berkely, 42. it was windy at your house. lots of branches and trees down. here's how it stands offshore. we still have a gale warning in effect. that's for wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. that stays into effect until tomorrow morning. san francisco airport, oakland, and san jose have an aviation weather warning in effect. current wind conditions outside, much less than they were just a few hours ago. this thing is tapering off. it's turning around, the winds are. when they do, things start to warm up. i'll get into the warming, and how warm it's going to get at
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your house. we'll see you back here in just a bit. in the east bay, the wind is being blamed for toppling an oak tree in murinda. pg and e said only one customer is impacted, and service should be restored by 2:00 a.m. at the heights of the winds, 20,000 bay area homes and businesses have lost power. the latest tonight from pg and e, 474 customers are still without power on the peninsula. 512 in the south bay, and san jose. san francisco has about 50. at this hour, there are currently 206 outages around the east bay. stay with us for continuing coverage. at 10:30, one teenager's brush with a falling tree. how she survived being hit by a 70-foot pine. garbage service resumed today in a handful of bay area cities, following a two day
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sympathy strike. bay area workers with allied waste refused to pick up trash to show solidarity with striking workers in the midwest. today, they apologized to customers for the inconvenience, and offered to pick up extra loads of garbage at no extra charge. a student at deer valley high school in antioch has tested positive for tuberculosis. now other students face testing. contra costa county officials plan to test other students on thursday. the risk from progressing from tb infection to tb disease is only about 10%. the vallejo school district has reason to celebrate tonight. they have won back control from the state. >> they have balanced through hard work, cuts that were painful. they have survived, and they're moving forward.
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>> the accomplishment, nine years ago, in 2004, they receive add $60 million loan from the state to keep it afloat. as part of the bailout, they had to make reforms. now it has made the reforms and is back under local control. jcpenney's board of directors fired its ceo ron johnson today after his failure to turn the business around. he decided to discontinue coupons, and sales in favor of a strategy that lowered every day prices. however, penny's lost about $1 billion under johnson. now the board has shown him the exit. news of the ouster sent the stock up, then it dropped in after hours trading. shares fell more than 5% to $14.95. as for the broader markets, the dow industrials closed up. earnings season is now
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beginning, when major corporations issue their reports. offering the powerball lottery. supporters saw huge jackpots and say powerball can be a gold mine for schools. but as ken pritchett reports, others suggest there is little bang from the bucks. >> reporter: this sidewalk was turned into a lotto store this afternoon. the featured item of course? powerball. >> we expect the revenue from powerball to be about $350 million annually. >> reporter: but paula says powerball will eat into revenues from super lotto, and mega millions. >> might bring us down to 100 million. so half of it will be able to go to education. >> $50 million used by schools for one time expenses. martha torrez, says lotto money helped her school. >> the things that are most into need are technology
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related. >> reporter: last year, the california lottery gave $1.3 billion to education. a big number, but just a relatively small supplement to the $38 billion in state spending on education. exactly how much the lotto will provide to education this year? that's on the players. >> that is our mission is to give to the schools. >> reporter: if powerball does bring in an extra $50 million, it would be spread thin, if split between california's roughly 9800 schools. that's about $5,000 a school. in oakland, ken pritchett, ktvu, channel 2 news. the gustiest winds may be behind us, but wind will be a story for your morning commute. i'll tell you which parts of the bay area are most likely to be affected. >> the last thing i remember was fighting off an animal. >> the other huge obstacle she faced in finding help. >> remembering a bay area
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tonight, family and friends are remembering an 18-year-old college student from santa rosa, who died in santa barbara over the weekend. >> reporter: the vigil here at santa rosa high school ended just a short while ago. bus but you can see, there is
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still a small memorial with candles. the family say they find comfort in knowing she lived a full life for someone so young. >> she was our baby. >> reporter: the family of giselle ayala gathered. her sister says she was a brilliant student with a big heart. >> her smile was so beautiful. she was so beautiful. from the inside and out. >> reporter: her friends expressed their grief with written messages on a banner. >> one second they're here and the other second they're not. >> reporter: investigators say she attended a party on friday
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night. the sister says giselle somehow became separated from friends. >> she fell off a cliff and was drowned, and washed up. >> reporter: her daughter had a thirst for knowledge and was studying sociology at cal poly. she shared with me these photos of her in foreign countries, including argentina, and south korea. >> she's still here in our hearts, watching over us, and she loves each and every one of you. >> reporter: family members say she grow up to be a loving young woman who aspired to a career in social justice, because she loved people. amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. the chp is investigating a cause of a four car crash on highway 4. it happened around 4:45 this afternoon near the
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pacheco boulevard crossing. officers say at least two other vehicles were forced off the road, the driver was pickup truck was taken to the hospital. the second of two hikers rescued from a california forest was released from the hospital with incredible stories to tell. >> i only remember the first night. the last thing i remember, was fighting off an animal with nick. i just remember the last day, scooting down a little hill that actually was like a cliff. and then just resting on my little rock for the rest of the time being. >> they spent several days in the cleveland national forest in orange county. they went for what was supposed to be a short hike on easter sunday, then got separated. rescuers founds her the following wednesday. jack was found two days later. a fresno superior court judge has ruled drive evers who
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use -- drivers who use their gps while driving violate the law. the ruling however, only applies to drivers in fresno county. united airlines is confident boeing will soon get clearance to fly the 787 dreamliners. united has put them on their schedule starting may 31. boeing has been working on a fix for the lithium-ion batteries. it is waiting for approval to begin flying the jets again. the planes have been grounded since january. former british prime minister margaret thatcher died today at the age of 87. she was one of britain's most influential leaders, and the first woman to be named prime minister. >> reporter: for more than a
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decade, margaret thatcher was an often polarizing figure, britain's longest serving premiere of the 21st century. >> she didn't just lead our country, she saved our country. >> reporter: acutely aware of the glass ceiling she was cracking. >> i stand before you tonight, in my red evening gown. >> reporter: by may, 1979, after the u.k.'s sagging economy and low spirits have given rise to a winter of discontent, she was elected to britain's first, and to date only female prime minister. thatcher dispatched her majesty's warships to reclaim the falkland islands. she forged a strong alliance with fellow conservative
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president ronald reagan. moves that helped hasten the fall of communism. she faced down the coal miner's union. >> what we've got is an attempt to substitute the rule of the mob for the rule of law. >> reporter: who's members on strike for a year returned to work absent any concessions. thatcher's poll tax triggered severe rioting that ended with her departure in 1990. in later years, her public speaking was limited by a series of strokes like the one that eventually claimed her life. hashtag trends about margaret thatcher's death caused some confusion on twitter. people took to the media site using now thatcher's dead. some thought it said now that cher's dead. hundreds tweeted the confusion.
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drying out around here for the next couple of days, it's going to warm up. the winds will die off. there's the gale warning. the winds will be dying down tomorrow, tonight as well. overnight lows will chill off. 45 in fairville. 40 in livermore. chilly as you send the kids to school. no fog and a lot less wind as you get going tomorrow morning. here's how it goes. the winds along the coast tonight, late 18, 20 miles per hour. that's not too bad. by tomorrow lunchtime or tomorrow morning. breezy, but not windy. then tomorrow afternoon it picks up a little bit like you would expect in the afternoon. 24miles per hour near the golden gate bridge. when i come back, winds less tomorrow. warmer day tomorrow. i'll give you specific highs for tomorrow, and we'll talk about the warmest day of the week, when we could see temperatures in the low 80s. a team of researchers is looking into whether a fishing
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boat that washed up in humboldt county this week is part of the debris from japan's tsunami two years ago. a team from humboldt state university recorded the writing today, in hopes of confirming its origin. a san francisco doctor found dead. >> he was always cheery. always wanting to talk. >> the circumstances that led police to call homicide investigators. >> police swarm a bay area hospital. the report that prompted a lockdown this afternoon. >> a reminder, you can well, well, well.
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dermatologist ended up dead night his pacific heights apartment. >> for about five years, he ran his practice out of this union street office in san francisco's upscale cal hola district. now neighboring business owners are shaken by his death. >> he was always cheery. always wanting to talk. so it's a sad, sad news. >> reporter: the 47-year-old native san francisco lived just a few blocks away in this vallejo street apartment building. >> fire trucks, and ambulance came. usually, when they're here they're only here for like a half hour. they were here for like four hours. >> reporter: michael was found dead inside his apartment. police say it's what they didn't find that prompted a call to homicide detectives. >> there was no obvious signs of trauma, if you will. like a gunshot wound, or a stab wound. the circumstances were suspicious enough for the medical examiner to contact
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homicide investigators rather than police detained one person in connection with michael's death. >> i saw about 10 cops in the reception area. then this morning, my wife said they pulled someone out of here, handcuffed. and the person was laughing. >> reporter: workers tell me, he had been living there since november with his aunt and roommate. in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu, channel 2 news. officials at san francisco general hospital are praising the city's police department tonight for a quick response after an officer spotted a gunman on hospital grounds today. the officer said he saw the person with a gun along with two other people around 1:45 this afternoon. that prompted a shelter in place at the hospital. officers located three suspects, two men and a juvenile. no weapon was discovered, however, and the three were released. hospital officials say the incident did not affect patient care. the lockdown lasted about an
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hour. the san francisco chronicle's former printing plant in richmond has new owners tonight. they sold it to pottery land u.s.a. for nearly $3 million. they intend to use the 76,000 square foot property as a wholesale distribution facility. the cal women are back home tonight after their first ever trip to the final 4. the team received a warm welcome at the oakland airport after arrives home from new orleans. the cal women came up short against louisville in sunday's semifinal. but the team still had a remarkable season. the senior guard says they could feel the support of the whole bay area behind them. >> without a doubt. we had a lot of fans. a lot of people came out to support us. it was cool. >> reporter: some of the seniors are looking forward to the april 15 draft, and the chance to play professional basketball. but first, they have some
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catching up to do with their class. the body of a famous poet is pulled from his grave. the mystery experts are hoping to solve. plus, a high school student's close call. how she describes the dangerous encounter with high winds and a tree. >> up first
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new video tonight of those three baby owls knocked from their nest in watsonville tonight. wildlife emergency services say the gray horned owls were in a nest, high atop the branches of a eucalyptus tree. they plan to reunite them by
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making a stronger, artificial branch madely a laundry basket. a 70-foot pine came down on the campus of patterson high school during this morning's winds. part of it hit 17-year-old hanna estrada. >> i heard it break. then i couldn't breathe, it was just on the floor. this really just happened right now. it felt like a dream. >> she says she panicked at first, but help came quickly. she suffered a fractured vertebrae, and some scrapes. injuries she says she considers minor. the school is removing several trees as a precaution. the powerful winds also made a mess in the santa cruz mountains. robert honda caught up with some tree trimmers who had to clean it all up. >> reporter: the strong wind had tall trees swaying today. some of the older rotting trees came crashing down. the intense gusts battering the santa cruz mountains took a toll on trees, and homes
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underneath. james callus was stunned when this 80-foot oak tree was knocked down by the early morning wind. >> suddenly, it built, and built, and built. the tree split in half and came down on the house. sounded like we had an airliner on the roof. >> reporter: the swaying branches made it difficult for travis tree professionals. workers were removing a madrone tree while battling the wind. >> so scary. i've been doing this 30 years now. it never is easy. >> reporter: at times, bob climbed literally tree to tree to take advantage of the brief, calm moments. what the problem is with this tree is they let it go too long. they rotted out the butt of it. now it fell up against this. makes it hard for us to take them out. >> reporter: homeowners are keeping an eye on the trees. the moving trees.
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>> going to be a little apprehensive when you hear the wind now? >> a wind like that, yes. >> reporter: mixed news for tree watchers, the winds have peaked, but they aren't going away just yet. in the santa cruz mountains, robert honda. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> ktvu.com and our mobile apps have up to the minute mobile information. you can also follow us on twitter and facebook for breaking weather as it happens. today, almost a month after two slain santa cruz police officers were laid to rest, their families thanked the community. the family of detective elizabeth butler say they have glimpsed in the outpouring of support from santa cruz and surrounding cities that goodness will previal and love will redeem our aching hearts. and bruce bush's widow says the severe love and support from the community have given us the
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strength and courage to carry on. head to ktvu.com to read the entire letters from the families of the slain officers and click on hot topics. president obama today met today with relatives of those killed at sandy hook elementary. the president told a crowd at the university of hartford, in connecticut, that the newtown massacre marked the toughest day of his president. but if they don't pass gun laws, that will be a tough day too. >> this is about doing the right thing for all the families here, who have been torn apart by gun violence. >> families accompanied president obama back to washington. they want to meet with senators to try to encourage them to pass stricter gun control laws. a a rally for immigration reform was held today. berkely student government
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candidates called for a change to immigrant policy. they want undocumented immigrants in the u.s. to have full citizenship rights, and some plan to travel to washington, d.c. next week to rally there. in news of the world, north korea workers did not show up to work at a factory complex that is run jointly with south korea. this severs the last remaining economic link between the countries. 53,000 north koreans worked there. analysts say pyongyang is hurting his own economy in this latest show of anger. in china, sending international experts to help beijing with the newest strain of bird flu. 24 people have gotten sick and 7 have died. so far, there's no evidence that the virus is spreading easily between people. scientists are also working on a vaccine. in chile, forensic experts exhumed a body to try to solve
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the mystery of his death. the official word is that the poet died of cancer in 1963, after a military coup. but his driver, and many suspect he was poisoned. he was a close friend of president ayende who died in that coup. the most powerful member of the original mouseketeers, annette funicello died today. after losing the mouse ears, she went on to star in a series of beach party movies with franky avalon. in 1992, she went public with her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. >> there were many days that i really had to have a good cry because of the mail and the phone calls i got. sacks of mail. >> she said that support helped
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her deal with ms. friends say annette really was the girl next door. family, friends, and filmmakers gave roger ebert a final thumbs up today at his funeral in chicago. the well known movie critic died last thursday after a long battle with cancer. ebert began reviewing movies in 1967. he wrote a syndicated column, and starred in the television show siskel and ebert, at the movies. roger roger ebert was 70 years old. the latest airline rankings are out. a san francisco airport are represented heavily by the best and the worst. >> bill martin is
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the bodies of two children. a 6-year-old girl, and 7-year- old boy have been pulled from a construction site in north carolina where they were buried alive. investigators say the cousins went to retrieve a tool from a construction site when the dirt collapsed on them. rescuers worked for more than 12 hours trying to save them, but were unsuccessful. the bodies were recovered this morning. a 9-year-old girl is remembered today in concord, one year after she and her father were killed by an suv that jumped a curb. ♪ [ music ] >> the school held a tearful tribute and dedicated a new bench and garden to her memory. police say a speeding teenage driver struck her and her
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father as the two rode bikes on a sidewalk alongside tree boulevard on a saturday morning last april. more than 100 people turned out for a vigil last night at the scene of that collision. a closely watched trial got underway in the bay area, involving some of the leading makers of baby food. critics are demanding warning labels on the products. >> reporter: some baby foods contain lead, and are potentially hazardous to a child. that's at least what the oakland environmental law foundation claims. >> exposed children to lead without a warning. what we're here to do to do is to see if they have an excuse. >> reporter: the trial against soom well known food manufacturers began today. among them, gerber, del monte, dole and beach nut. the companies don't dispute some products contain traces of
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lead, including baby foods, but quote, fruit juice and packaged fruit products are safe for everyone to consume. the fda has publicly stated that these products do not pose any health concern based on the trace amounts of lead concerned. >> it's the cumulative effect. eating it every day and over years, that adds up. >> reporter: claiming that manufacturers are required to post warning labels on the food containers. the companies say they aren't, because the lead amounts are small, and occur naturally. here at this park, mothers played with their kids and had concern about baby food. >> they're not careful with what they put in it, i think they should not make baby food anymore. >> reporter: the trial is expected to last four weeks, any decision could be appealed. in walnut creek, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news.
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today is holocaust remembrance day. in poland, thousands took part in the march of the living at the place where so many died. the auschwitz conservation camps. they walked beneath the nazi sign that reads in german, work makes you free. from there, the walk continued in silence about two miles away. during world war ii, the nazis killed some 1.5 million people in those camps, most of them jews. john kerry laid a wreath at the holocaust museum. kerry is trying to revive peace talks between israel and the palestinians. kerry is working on a modified plan by the saudis in 2002. 80 mile-per-hour wind gusts to 80-degree temperatures. i will pinpoint when temperatures will peak. >> you do the crime, they pay the fine. the insurance company taking
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a celebration today at san francisco airport, as the first scandinavian airlines plane landed. it was the first to fly nonstop between san francisco and cope hagan. the airport expects about 135,000 passengers per year on that route. purdue, and wichita state university's highly respected airline ratings are out. ktvu consumer editor tom vakar tells us, two of the most important air care areas are at the top and bottom of the that list. >> reporter: on time
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performance, lost baggage, complaints, and involuntary bumping from a flight. bragging rights help airlines stimulate competition. >> anytime that competition exists in a marketplace, it's good for customers. that competitive environment usually helps fares and helps customer service as well. >> reporter: this time, bragging rights go to sfo based virgin america, rated best in the nation out of the 14 major carriers. >> tvs on the plane. wi-fi. yeah, we had a good flight. >> they're a lot of fun to fly. they have the screen and the lights and the music. generally, their flight attendants are really fun and young. >> reporter: airtran, delta, hawaiian, alaska, frontier and southwest. needing a lot of improvement in order to the bottom, u.s. airways, american, american eagle, sky west, bottoming out with sfo's biggest carrier, united. a big part with unite's slow ranking had to do with the fact
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that it recently merged with continental. that led to computer problems, which led to a tidal wave of complaints. >> it stripped away staff so rigorously, we're sitting here for 45 minutes waiting for our luggage to arrive. >> reporter: overall, airline performance improved year after year, meaning airlines seemed to be getting the message. at ktvu.com, we've posted the complete airline report card. just look for the hot topic section. a word of caution tonight as a california company is selling insurance for traffic tickets. insurance plans start at $10 a month. the policy holder can file a claim, and ticket bites will pay up to $600 for any ticket, be it for a dui, or a parking citation. >> it does give the people more
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control over their financial future and not have to worry about stopping at every stop sign perfectly every time, or going 5 miles per hour over. >> however, a spokesman for the california department of insurance says there are laws that prohibit financial reimbursement for criminal penalties. they says consumers should be cautious before buying insurance. the ceo of tesla today responded to criticism from former alaska governor sarah palin this weekend. on twitter, elan musk writes, sarah palin calls tesla a loser, i am deeply wounded. saying the cars turn into bricks when the battery dies. on twitter, he pointed out, warranties cover quote bricking. we're dry out there. the winds are still up, 40 miles per hour offshore. but dying down rapidly.
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take a look across the country. nasty in the nation's midsection and northern new england states. the wind advisory has been dropped for the bay area. the get well warning remains in the offshore. the current numbers, kind of warm. 57 in oakland. 59 in antioch. kind of mild outside. you wake up tomorrow morning, the winds are going to die down a little bit. these are the observed highs from today. the forecast highs for tomorrow, you can probably add 5, 6, 7 degrees. temperatures in the mid-70s tomorrow. warmer tomorrow. less wind, plenty of sunshine, and tons of tree pollen. the winds have stirred everything up. i bet you noticed it today. windy conditions stirring up the pollens in your neighborhood. tomorrow, it will be very noticeable. less wind, but just the warmth of the atmosphere. a warmer day tomorrow. a little bit of an afternoon breeze, up to 20 miles per
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hour. the extended forecast, we stay in the spring like weather pattern. the winds die, this low pressure system keeps going that wayment it keeps causing problemses for the midwest. for us it lessons the difference. it moves apart, the gradient is not as strong. so the winds are not as strong, so the temperatures start to go up. it's going to be a nice looking week ahead. tomorrow, nice and warm. wednesday the warmest date of the week. clouds move in on wednesday evening. no big deal, because they're gone thursday. a little cooler, wednesday is the warmest day of the week. thursday and friday, temperatures trend down just a touch. 75 in brentwood. these are your forecast highs for tuesday. numbers in the santa chaira valley, a lot of mid- to low 60s today. you'll notice it. you will also notice a warmer day.
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you will also notice the tree pollen. if you suffer from allergies at all, you noticed it today. you will notice it tomorrow for sure. >> quite a day. >> yeah it was. >> thank you bill. free lunches and shuttle rides at top bay area tech firms could be coming to an end in the irs gets its way. the free benefits are now under the scrutiny of the irs. according to reports, the irs is looking into taxing employees for those so-called fringe benefits. opponents argue they are non- compensatory, and therefore non- taxable. march madness done. >> over and done. and a great way to cap it off. sometimes you wait all season for the championship game and it's a dud. not tonight you could watch nba basketball for a year or more and not see the kind of heart and soul on a court.
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some of the old michigan fab five. four on hand. chris webber arrived late. liked what they saw early. spike albrech shaking the d. luke nailing three quick threes with a 14-3 spurt to end the half. here they come. louisville continues to apply great defense. a steal here. payton spiva up top to harrel. tim hardaway jr. keeps it close with the tomahawk there. coach pitino, the first coach to win titles at two different schools.
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safe to say the giants have not hit their stride. grinding it out, waiting for the bats to arrive. it doesn't hurt to play the talent starved colorado rockies either. giants had it going tonight. hunter pence, he's got the jack in the 1st with two men on. his third of the year came off jorge de la rosa. a young lady, she got the ball in the stands. meantime in the 3rd, haven't seen many of these, carlos gonzalez, water world out there in right off madison bumgarner. that homer didn't hurt too much. buster posey with a slicer to right. he's had a slow start with the bat. as angel pagan scores, that's posey's first rbi of this young season. sergio romo struck out the side in the 9th, for his fourth save already. definite bay area flavor to
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the class of 2013 basketball hall of fame announced today. out of skyline high, gary payton, known as the glove for his defensive prowess. came out of oregon state to put together a top of the line pro career. highlighted, of course with two olympic gold medals as well. payton clearly humbled by today's honors. >> i just wanted to be a guy in the nba doing something. never thought about being in the hall of fame. i don't even think i'm here now. it's still like a dream. >> another former warrior, bernard king announced in the hall of fame as well. averaged 22 points a game during his career. if you ever saw that guy play, he could flash down the court and score at will at times. bernard hall. that's the sporting life for a monday night. thanks for trusting ktvu, channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time
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